Children who spend more time on social media suffering from mental health problems, according to national figures
Time spent on social media has been linked to poor mental health in children according to a new report from the Office of National Statistics.
The study found that children aged 10-15 who spend three hours or more on social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram on a school night are twice as likely to suffer from poor mental health.
Social media was hugely popular within the demographic with 56 per cent of respondents spending up to three hours online every evening and within that group girls were found to spend more than twice the amount of time on the sites Read full story ›
Source: The Drum
